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Support / Release date?
« on: May 17, 2016, 01:36:05 am »
Any news when this will be released?   :)

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Feature Requests / Re: Feature Requests for SMF Classifieds 3.0
« on: February 26, 2014, 03:59:21 am »
Made a few changes to my layout:



The layout is now 'responsive' and the main photo disappears when the screen size is less than 1020 pixels, along with font size reductions. I also added a 'Free Shipping' ribbon that overlays the photo if the shipping price is zero.  ;D

Question: How hard would it be to add a bidding system like eBay where the person enters their maximum bid and every time a bid is made, the current highest bidder's bid is compared to the new bid and if it's less, the high bid becomes the new bid; but if it's more, the new bid becomes the highest bid and the current bidder is updated?

I know you store the bids in a table (smf_class_bids) like this:

ID_BID   |ID_MEMBER   |ID_LISTING   |amount   |private_bid   |bid_rejected   |bid_accepted   |date
12114.950011387222157

Would you have to add a column for the current high bid, or would the whole bidding routine need to be changed since you only compare the current bid to last bid? If you store the bidders max bid along with the current bid, you would just need to compare new bids to the current bidders max bid before making the decision if they are the new high bidder, then adjust the new current bid by making it the last bidders max bid - plus the increment.

Then again, maybe the smf_class_bids table is used only for historical purposes; and not used in the bidding algorithm at all?

I'd like to make the changes myself, but I'm not sure I fully understand how you're storing the bids since it looks like the table lists all of the bids ever made on every item - and you're using a MySQL call to sort the results by the item number.   ???

Would it be easier to add a column to smf_class_listing to keep track of the current bidders maximum bid?

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Support / Re: IPN conflicts. Need multiple return URL for Paypal
« on: August 21, 2013, 03:46:50 am »
I realize this is an old thread, but I just wanted to make sure I understand how the PayPal IPN system works.

I bought the Community Suite and I use the download section, classified ads, ad seller pro - and I have the paid membership option turned on in SMF. I have one Paypal account setup with the classifiedsipn2.php IPN. From what I understand, no matter what section of the website a user makes a purchase from, your classifiedsipn2.php file will understand and re-direct the callback from PayPal to the appropriate section in SMF?

It still seems a mystery to me because SMF has to be notified when a transaction is complete and paid for (or not, if the payment doesn't go through), plus it has to process the requested action for the user (update a paid membership, process credit purchases for the Community Suite, etc.).

I'm a little confused how it works and I just want to make sure that all of the PayPal callbacks from the various mods (and from SMF itself) are handled correctly using a single IPN.

Thanks!

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Feature Requests / Re: Feature Requests for SMF Classifieds 3.0
« on: August 04, 2013, 01:46:31 am »
Changes look great

For the IPN part only one of the urls needs to be set inside paypal. The mods override the ipn url with the notify_url command sent to paypal so it uses the correct ipn path for each mod.

So, you're saying that if I use the Classifieds IPN file (classifiedsipn2.php) - or any of the IPN files from any of the Community Suite mods, it will process the requests when returning from PayPal based on where they were called from (downloads, store, classifieds, etc.)?

I made a few more tweaks to the design:

Auction, reserve not met:


Auction, reserve met, hi-bidder:


Auction, winning bidder:


 8)

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Feature Requests / Re: Feature Requests for SMF Classifieds 3.0
« on: July 23, 2013, 08:41:10 pm »
I just thought I'd share a picture of some of the changes I've been working on to the layout of the Classifieds mod. I removed 90% of the tables on the classified ad view function and replaced them with a CSS style-sheet and div boxes. I'm not finished yet (the snapshot is from my local test server), but maybe this will give you an idea what can be done once the tables are removed.  ;)

Of course, this took a lot of major code changes and will need to be re-written when a new version of the Classified mod is released. I printed out both PHP files (all 300+ pages) for the mod and studied them intensely for a week or so before attempting my modifications, but after spending so much time examining the code, I have a pretty good idea where and what to change to get it to look the way I want.

One change that would be simple to implement is storing a users high bid as a maximum bid for an item. When someone places a new bid, compare it to the current high bidders maximum bid, then update the high bid for the item, their maximum bid and who is the highest bidder. Right now, if an item is $10 with an increment of $1, someone could bid $100 and the system automatically takes the high bid up to $100. People who are use to ebay's system of current and maximum bid may be shocked to see the system accept their bid as the current high bid, right off the bat. It should store the person bid as the maximum bid they will pay, and increment the items price to $11, not $100. As people place additional bids, the system should compare their high bid to the current high bidders max and update the new highest bidder if their bid is more than the current bidders maximum bid. If not, inform they were outbid and make the new high bid that persons bid plus the increment.

Since I purchased the Community Suite, quite a few of the mods in it use Paypal for payment, but I haven't been able to figure out how to use multiple IPN's with Paypal - and each mod requires it's own IPN. It would be nice if one callback file was used to process payments for all of the mods in the suite.   :)

Just a thought.

Thanks again for an awesome mod!  ;D


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Feature Requests / Re: Feature Requests for SMF Classifieds 3.0
« on: June 18, 2013, 06:10:04 am »
•  Add more options for the category custom fields for a configurable drop down list or a checkbox. Most of the items sold on my site are used and having the ability to allow users to select a predetermined item condition (used, new, like new, mint, near mint) that shows up the list of items in a category would be really helpful.  You could even allow BBC color codes so they show up in different colors in the list of items. Maybe even allow the IMG tag so they show up as images. Just a thought.  ;)

• Add the users Paypal address to their profile (or store it one of your tables) so they don't have to keep entering it. Maybe list their address above the box, telling them to leave it blank to use their default Paypal address, or enter a new one. Also, when adding or changing their Paypal address, force them to enter their forum password - and send a confirmation email to the user.

• Automatically re-size the uploaded images to the max size set in the admin panel. Either that, or force lightbox to scale the image to fit the users screen.  Looks like this is already implemented.  ;)

• Option to set a percentage of the final sale price as a fee, like Audiogon and Ebay. Invoice the seller at the end of the auction with the fee amount and a link/button to Paypal so they can easily pay it.

• Go to a CSS template design and drop the table layout, making it easier for admins to customize the look and feel of the layout. This would also give you the option to create 'themes' that can be downloaded and traded with admins who use this mod.  :)

• Create a single .png sprite file with all of the buttons used by the classified section (Buy It Now, Place Bid, Buy, etc), call the buttons from a css template. Or, just use single .gif files for each button in an image folder so they can be customized.

• During my testing of the 'auto bid' auction feature, if the current bid is $10 and someone places a maximum bid for $25, and the bid increment amount is $1, the mod should calculate the maximum ending bid by looking for the highest bid based on the increment amount like eBay does - but it doesn't. It seems like you just take the highest bid amount and use that as the ending 'winning' bid and final price. Say you have two people biding on an item, one person may have a maximum bid of $50, the other $30. If the bid increment is $1, the first bidder should win - but the final price should be $31, NOT $50. Just take the second highest bidder, add the increment amount and that should be your final price.

• Show a countdown clock (real time?) when the auction has less than 1 hour left. You can still add minutes to the end time to allow bidders to outbid each other, but it would be more interactive if bidders can watch the clock count down in real time.

• Add a 'But It Now' column and button to the item list for a category.

• Add a 'best offer' option with two options - either have the offer automatically accepted if it meets a set amount (thus ending the auction), or allow the seller to accept or deny the best offer. Keep track of the offers and show them on the item listing page (Offers received: xx). Send PM's when a seller receives an offer, PM the buyer if the offer was accepted or denied. Allow the seller to counter the buyers best offer.

• Increase the font size of the price (and make it bold) so it's easier to read. (Again, using CSS templates would make this easier for admins to modify/customize.) Move the shipping cost under the price in a smaller (relative to the price being larger) font.

• Move the viewers, start/ending date, time left, discussion topic, and keywords from the bottom of the listing page to the right hand side, under the 'Submit Feedback for xxxx'.

• Add a custom header block (instead of a plain line with the word 'Classifieds' on it) at the top of the page so admins can put news, rules and instructions for users. (HTML or BBC is fine)

• Add a editable, custom FAQ page and a button somewhere on the buttons list (Add listing, Add Auction, Search, etc) so admins can answer common user questions and offer instructions. This may be redundant since you do have buyer and seller agreements which can be used for this purpose.

That's all I can think of for now.  ;D

Thanks for all of your hard work.

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Support / Left/right side of a message?
« on: June 13, 2013, 05:33:28 pm »
I'm trying to setup a skyscraper ad on the right hand of the forum, but only display once you read a post in a board, not when your viewing the board list or list of messages in a board. So, instead of a 'left side of forum', I'm looking for a 'left side of a message' option. Is that possible? If I select a board, shouldn't it only appear when the user enters that board and not when your viewing the list of boards?

Previously, I was using the free SMFADS v2.3 mod which worked the way I expected it. Is there a way to implement the same capability with Ad Seller Pro?

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Support / Re: How to find Board Numbers in classfieds ?
« on: August 19, 2012, 06:11:22 am »
How it would work you would edit the category.
There would be a setting for header url/picture.

I am also interested in this feature. It would be a great addition to SMF Store too. :)

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Support / Re: Can't upload images with uppercase file extensions
« on: July 24, 2012, 01:54:29 pm »
I think I figured out the problem, the error message is a 'false positive' that occurs when the PHP.INI upload file size is set too low (in my case, 2MB) and the image file size being uploaded exceeds that. If I upload an image that is too large, I think the upload cuts off @ 2MB and the file looks corrupt when examined afterwards, so it reports back that the file type is invalid instead of reporting the file size was too large. In other words, it looks like the image handler can't tell if the file was too large and was cut off during the upload due to exceeding the max upload settings in the PHP.INI file.

Is there a way to test the file size before attempting the upload? Maybe report to the user that the file size is too large before attempting the upload instead of allowing the file to be cut off and corrupted after a partial upload?

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Support / Re: Can't upload images with uppercase file extensions
« on: July 20, 2012, 10:20:47 am »
Yes and yes.

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Support / Can't upload images with uppercase file extensions
« on: July 19, 2012, 07:05:24 pm »
I just noticed that if you select an image with a extension in uppercase, (ie; IMAGE000.JPG) the image fails to upload and you get the error message that the image file type is not supported.
It looks like after you browse to the image and select it, the case of the file extension changes to lowercase (IMAGE000.JPG changes to IMAGE000.jpg).

Is there a way to edit the accepted file types to include upper and lowercase? Where is the code located that parses the file extension and does it purposely modify the case for a reason?

This is happening on a test server running IIS v6.0 (Server 2003 OS), SMF v2.0.2, MySQL v5.5.25a, PHP v5.3.14

Thanks!

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Support / Re: Item thumbnail first?
« on: June 14, 2012, 09:48:29 am »
Url: '.../smf/index.php?action=classifieds;cat=1'

You end up here once you click on a category from the Classifieds home page.

I have the 'Use simple main layout with recent listings as the focus' mode turned OFF.

I attached a photo of how it looks now for a reference.

The default is:

Listing Title               Thumbnail Image    Posted By    Current Price    Bids   Listing Date   Ending Date   Time Left   Comments   Views
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'd like to change it to:

Thumbnail Image   Listing Title                Posted By     Listing Date  Ending Date   Comments   Views    Bids   Current Price   Time Left
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Support / Re: Item thumbnail first?
« on: June 14, 2012, 02:27:40 am »
I made the change, but the order is still the same.  ???

The default is:

Listing Title               Thumbnail Image    Posted By    Current Price    Bids   Listing Date   Time Left   Comments   Views
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'd like to change it to:

Thumbnail Image   Listing Title                Posted By     Listing Date  Comments   Views    Bids   Current Price   Time Left
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In other words, I'd like it to resemble a little more like how eBay listings look.  ;)

Also, will the layout changes carry over if the 'Use simple main layout with recent listings as the focus' is checked? I'd like both listing modes to look the same.

Thanks!

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Support / Re: Change BIN and Bid to buttons?
« on: June 13, 2012, 10:29:03 pm »
That was just what I was looking for!  ;D

Thanks again!

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Support / Re: Center category pictures
« on: June 13, 2012, 06:39:37 pm »
Works perfect!   8)

Thanks!

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